Mozart and Masonry
eBook - ePub

Mozart and Masonry

  1. 149 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mozart and Masonry

About this book

A noted musicologist looks at the eighteenth-century composer's connection to Freemasonry and its profound influence on his music.

Speculative masonry was a pervasive intellectual force in eighteenth-century European society. Like many of his colleagues, as well as his father before him, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart joined a Masonic lodge in 1784. The philosophy and symbolism of the Masons would be a major source of inspiration for his compositions from then on.

This book provides an overview of Mozart's relationship to the fraternity and a detailed account of the numerous pieces he wrote specifically for Lodge events or ritual, as well as the many pieces adapted by others for Lodge use. It also includes an in-depth explanation of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" and its Masonic themes and imagery.

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Yes, you can access Mozart and Masonry by Paul Nettl in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Mezzi di comunicazione e arti performative & Musica classica. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. CONTENTS
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. MOZART AND THE CRAFT
  6. A MASONIC ALBUM FROM MOZART’S DAY
  7. MASONIC MUSIC BEFORE MOZART
  8. MASONIC MUSICIANS AROUND MOZART
  9. MOZART’S MASONIC COMPOSITIONS
  10. THE MAGIC FLUTE: BACKGROUND
  11. THE MAGIC FLUTE: WORDS AND MUSIC
  12. THE MAGIC FLUTE: SEQUELS
  13. MOZART’S LIFE
  14. MOZART THE MAN
  15. MASONIC MUSIC AFTER MOZART
  16. FOOTNOTES
  17. NOTES
  18. INDEX
  19. Copyright